Julien Laurens

Brighton are a bit similar to some extent too and we see that has a very positive impact I saw them at Arsenal we said that in the festive period they were outstanding I thought I thought they were very good last night again and on another night okay they could have lost the game they could have won the game easily too

So the problem is that defensively you'll struggle a bit because you're so exposed.

We see that Bournemouth will consider a lot of goals.

We see that Brighton will consider a lot of goals.

And City are considering a lot of goals too.

Yeah, I mean, it depends, because if your front four recovers the ball high, then you've got the control behind.

Nunes is a great carrier of the ball, so is O'Reilly, to be fair, as former midfielder.

So I think it can work, but it's a very thin line, and certainly without Rodri, it's far more difficult.

I don't want to blame Nico Gonzalez, because he's...

It's not just all on him.

He's just not very good compared to Rodri.

So when he's there, you see the difference than when Rodri is there.

And the problem is Rodri can't last 90 minutes every three days.

No, he can't last 90 minutes full stop anyway, as we saw against Chelsea.

So it's difficult for them.

It'd be easier when Rodri's back fully fit, if or when that is.

But for now, I think there are too many just kind of pieces missing in this jigsaw for it to work really well.

But Semenyo is a massive piece.

And once he's there, he will help them for that, for sure.

Because it felt like a transition season anyway.